EveryQuake

Earthquakes in Västerbotten

743 earthquakes catalogued in and around Västerbotten between 1983 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
No records in the last 30 days.
743
recorded earthquakes
M5.4
largest
1983–2026
record span
1.22
mean magnitude
651
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

0871741983: 1 (M4–5)19831984: 1 (M5+)1985: 1 (M<3)198619891990: 1 (M<3)1990: 1 (M3–4)1991: 1 (M<3)1991: 1 (M3–4)1992: 4 (M<3)1992: 5 (M3–4)19921993: 2 (M<3)1993: 1 (M3–4)1993: 1 (M4–5)1995: 1 (M3–4)19951998: 2 (M<3)1998: 1 (M3–4)19982000: 1 (M3–4)2001: 1 (M3–4)20012004: 17 (M<3)2004: 1 (M3–4)20042005: 7 (M<3)2005: 1 (M3–4)2006: 3 (M<3)2007: 174 (M<3)20072008: 61 (M<3)2009: 115 (M<3)2009: 1 (M3–4)2010: 169 (M<3)2010: 1 (M4–5)20102011: 158 (M<3)2013201620192021: 1 (M<3)20222023: 1 (M<3)2024: 1 (M<3)2025: 4 (M<3)20252026: 1 (M<3)2026: 1 (M3–4)
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+

Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.

Largest earthquakes

Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
5.427.07.1984 22:4110 km262 km
4.205.01.1993 10:1933 km53 km
4.129.09.1983 05:0310 km117 km
4.115.06.2010 20:3021.6 km161 km
3.903.11.1992 00:120 km108 km
3.815.02.1993 08:4410 km147 km
3.822.05.1992 23:0610 km188 km
3.721.07.2001 10:222 km161 km
3.717.04.1995 13:4810 km121 km
3.523.09.1991 19:2010 km164 km
3.405.05.2009 21:555 km216 km
3.412.10.1998 04:5710 km174 km
3.317.09.1992 11:5910 km231 km
3.128.06.2005 21:1722.1 km63 km
3.106.09.2004 13:500.5 km166 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
3.111.04.2026 10:4525.8 km67 km
2.020.02.2026 15:1512.2 km146 km
2.009.12.2025 02:450 km103 km
2.423.11.2025 12:180.8 km138 km
2.819.09.2025 20:4513.2 km118 km
2.123.04.2025 18:340 km164 km
2.911.05.2024 08:5128.7 km152 km
1.918.11.2023 09:5110.8 km77 km
2.211.09.2021 23:271 km166 km
1.829.12.2011 16:322 km206 km
0.830.11.2011 17:1145.8 km123 km
1.230.11.2011 10:370.3 km156 km
1.330.11.2011 08:050.1 km169 km
0.928.11.2011 12:110.2 km157 km
1.422.11.2011 10:390.1 km148 km
1.018.11.2011 09:390.1 km123 km
1.118.11.2011 00:540.1 km220 km
1.617.11.2011 13:010.1 km161 km
1.216.11.2011 09:210.1 km19 km
1.016.11.2011 07:040.1 km153 km
0.915.11.2011 12:150.1 km139 km
1.215.11.2011 09:350.1 km124 km
1.214.11.2011 08:1817.7 km160 km
0.909.11.2011 13:560.1 km168 km
0.809.11.2011 13:220.1 km123 km
1.607.11.2011 13:570.1 km196 km
1.607.11.2011 13:530.1 km179 km
0.403.11.2011 22:0214 km174 km
1.203.11.2011 13:260.1 km197 km
0.703.11.2011 12:530.1 km165 km
1.203.11.2011 11:370.5 km124 km
2.003.11.2011 00:4925.3 km67 km
1.402.11.2011 14:370.1 km123 km
1.402.11.2011 12:430.1 km111 km
1.326.10.2011 10:580.1 km163 km
1.225.10.2011 13:450.5 km162 km
1.025.10.2011 12:490 km172 km
1.225.10.2011 09:0911.9 km161 km
1.124.10.2011 12:180.1 km226 km
0.924.10.2011 11:310 km126 km
2.423.10.2011 08:3424.3 km76 km
0.820.10.2011 21:5316.6 km168 km
1.520.10.2011 13:540 km125 km
0.919.10.2011 10:150 km110 km
1.518.10.2011 12:321.1 km17 km
1.114.10.2011 07:050.4 km17 km
1.113.10.2011 12:170.1 km168 km
1.013.10.2011 12:130.1 km171 km
1.012.10.2011 12:290.1 km18 km
1.411.10.2011 14:570.1 km178 km
0.811.10.2011 12:350.1 km156 km
0.410.10.2011 13:1314.4 km188 km
0.609.10.2011 12:592.3 km132 km
1.007.10.2011 13:400.1 km124 km
0.906.10.2011 08:460.1 km174 km
0.706.10.2011 07:293.8 km176 km
1.105.10.2011 10:390.1 km64 km
2.604.10.2011 11:471 km123 km
1.503.10.2011 10:570.1 km52 km
0.901.10.2011 21:3512.7 km140 km

Method and sources

What this page counts
An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
Location precision
Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
Magnitude scales
The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
Deduplication
The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
Updates
Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
Sources
USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
Reporting an error
If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.